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After comments and emails from a number of 'true' Wikipedians I have come to the conclusion that perhaps the more extreme of us are right: Wikipedia cannot be redeemed. It's not Arbcom, it's not 'Jimbo' it's not the system. It's that the majority of the 'community' are barking mad and are simply not normal people. They need to be hospitalised and cared for, and the place should be blown up and destroyed.

I have some ideas of my own about how this could be achieved in a humane and decent way, but interested in the views of others.

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Nerd   After comments and emails from a number of 't...  
GlassBeadGame   [quote name='Peter Damian' post='179963' date='Tu...  
gomi   Destroying hundreds of people's lives simply b...  
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carbuncle   That sounds like destroying lives to me. Perhap...  
Nerd   That sounds like destroying lives to me. Perha...  
Sarcasticidealist   Sounds like it to me. I got the impression he want...  
Jon Awbrey   [quote name='carbuncle' post='179984' date='Tue 2...  
Milton Roe   Destroying hundreds of people's lives simply ...  
wikiwhistle   [quote name='Peter Damian' post='179963' date='Tu...  
Kelly Martin   Destroying hundreds of people's lives simply b...  
CharlotteWebb   I'm thinking this is more a reference to the w...  
victim of censorship   [quote name='Nerd' post='179967' date='Tue 23rd J...  
aeon   After comments and emails from a number of 't...  
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A Horse With No Name   It's that the majority of the 'community...  
victim of censorship   After comments and emails from a number of 't...  
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victim of censorship   [quote name='Sarcasticidealist' post='180027' dat...  
Somey   I have some ideas of my own about how this could b...  
TungstenCarbide   After comments and emails from a number of 't...  
Peter Damian   I think some of you mistake the nature of my engag...  
aeon   I think some of you mistake the nature of my enga...  
Peter Damian   At least Blnguyen is consistent. You are unable t...  
Kevin   I am consistently opposing the election of every...  
Milton Roe   [quote name='Peter Damian' post='180061' date='We...  
Kelly Martin   I am consistently opposing the election of every n...  
Peter Damian   OK that was tongue in cheek. But let's be more...  
EricBarbour   I happen to agree with Peter. Just not with the me...  
Peter Damian   I happen to agree with Peter. Just not with the m...  
JohnA   The only way to beat Wikipedia is to supercede W...  
Peter Damian   [quote name='Peter Damian' post='180071' date='We...  
JohnA   [quote name='Peter Damian' post='180071' date='W...  
thekohser   I suggested above a strategic alliance with natur...  
LessHorrid vanU   ... I have some contacts at the CofE education ...  
Kevin   So: Talk to Google, convince them that Wikipedia...  
sbrown   To make a serious proposal: Get onto Net nanny an...  
aeon   To make a serious proposal: Get onto Net nanny a...  
Peter Damian   To make a serious proposal: Get onto Net nanny a...  
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Peter Damian   I don't see that happening yet. I have my own...  
aeon   I don't see that happening yet. I have my ow...  
Guido den Broeder   I don't see that happening yet. I have my ow...  
JohnA   [quote name='Peter Damian' post='180095' date='We...  
A Horse With No Name   That's why the Wikipedia donation drive depre...  
Guido den Broeder   [quote name='Peter Damian' post='180095' date='W...  
JohnA   The only drama that we have is from Wikipedia use...  
Peter Damian   Wikipedia, the anarchist's answer to the ques...  
aeon   [quote name='JohnA' post='180633' date='Sun 28th ...  
Alex   [quote name='JohnA' post='180633' date='Sun 28th...  
Peter Damian   [quote name='aeon' post='180638' date='Sun 28th J...  
aeon   [quote name='aeon' post='180638' date='Sun 28th ...  
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Alex   I don't know. I responded based on how I rea...  
Peter Damian   [quote name='Peter Damian' post='180645' date='Su...  
aeon   This all reminds me of an Asimov story about a d...  
Peter Damian   This all reminds me of an Asimov story about a ...  
aeon   [quote name='aeon' post='180648' date='Sun 28th J...  
Peter Damian   Why is this at all surprising to you, Damian? You...  
aeon   [quote name='aeon' post='180654' date='Sun 28th J...  
Peter Damian   They're not try to repress dissent.  
aeon   They're not try to repress dissent. ! ...  
JohnA   [quote name='Alex' post='180640' date='Sun 28th J...  
Guido den Broeder   The only drama that we have is from Wikipedia us...  
JohnA   [quote name='JohnA' post='180633' date='Sun 28th ...  
anthony   In particular I reject the notion that any articl...  
Kelly Martin   Maybe I can buy that. But really, Mediawiki is ea...  
A Horse With No Name   Maybe I can buy that. But really, Mediawiki is e...  
CharlotteWebb   Indeed, stable versions with the proper configura...  
dogbiscuit   The reality is that Wikipedia survives because the...  
Peter Damian   I think the only way to get Wikipedia fixed (and ...  
aeon   [quote name='aeon' post='180097' date='Wed 24th ...  
Peter Damian   [quote name='aeon' post='180097' date='Wed 24th...  
dogbiscuit   I think the only way to get Wikipedia fixed (and...  
carbuncle   The reality is that Wikipedia survives because th...  
Kato   The reality is that Wikipedia survives because th...  
aeon   Stigma and ridicule will be increasingly piled on...  
dtobias   But what I reckon may hit WP the hardest is its l...  
Moulton   The only way to kill it is to make being involved ...  
sbrown   The only way to kill it is to make being involved...  
anthony   If it werent for the good contributors who produc...  
Peter Damian   Possibly, a business model might be that the lead...  
Shalom   Reply to the initial request: Pray. I sometimes i...  
anthony   For the most part I think we should just leave it ...  
Kelly Martin   Wikipedia will either die in a puff of smoke cause...  
RMHED   Wikipedia will either die in a puff of smoke caus...  
Malleus   Wikipedia will either die in a puff of smoke cau...  
Jon Awbrey   I think it more likely that Wikipedia will be ma...  
anthony   [quote name='Malleus' post='180197' date='Wed 24t...  
Kelly Martin   Wikia?Wikia couldn't find its ass with both ha...  
RMHED   [quote name='anthony' post='180201' date='Wed 24t...  
anthony   [quote name='Kelly Martin' post='180204' date='Th...  
MZMcBride   Wikia?Wikia couldn't find its ass with both h...  
RMHED   [quote name='Kelly Martin' post='180204' date='We...  
The Joy   [quote name='Kelly Martin' post='180204' date='We...  
Kevin   [quote name='RMHED' post='180174' date='Wed 24th ...  
anthony   [quote name='RMHED' post='180174' date='Wed 24th...  
Cedric   In answer to the original question, I have long be...  
emesee   there seems to be no point in "destroying...  
sbrown   consumers are using the site because it meets a n...  
Emperor   there seems to be no point in "destroying...  
sbrown   there seems to be no point in "destroying...  
Herschelkrustofsky   Or, something might change with Google. Wikipedia ...  
UseOnceAndDestroy   Mod note: Various posts now live in the tar pit.  
Alex   Did you honestly expect people to just sit back an...  
Peter Damian   Did you honestly expect people to just sit back a...  
Alex   Did you honestly expect people to just sit back ...  
Kelly Martin   We really do not need somebody destroying Wikipedi...  
Alex   We really do not need somebody destroying Wikiped...  
The Joy   [quote name='Alex' post='180656' date='Sun 28th ...  
aeon   Did you honestly expect people to just sit back ...  
Tarc   but interested in the views of others. http://up...  
Alex   but interested in the views of others. http://u...  
Peter Damian   HAHAHA. No one is stopping him from leaving, if h...  
Alex   HAHAHA. No one is stopping him from leaving, if ...  
Tarc   [quote name='Tarc' post='180663' date='Sun 28th J...  
Alex   I made it ambiguous enough so it could be read as...  
aeon   I made it ambiguous enough so it could be read a...  
Peter Damian   Trolling. Inflaming. Understand what trolling is ...  
Kato   Which is exactly what Damian's doing in oppos...  
dtobias   No, and take your teletubby talk of "trollin...  
RMHED   No, and take your teletubby talk of "trolli...  
anthony   [quote name='dtobias' post='180685' date='Sun 28t...  
aeon   [quote name='aeon' post='180671' date='Sun 28th J...  
Peter Damian   He's not making a conscientious objection, h...  
aeon   [quote name='aeon' post='180703' date='Sun 28th J...  
Somey   What a load of nonsense. You have to define what t...  
A Horse With No Name   Ah... then I have to agree with you :) There...  
RMHED   Ah... then I have to agree with you :) There...  
Somey   Since nobody else seems to be willing to provide c...  
Peter Damian   Since nobody else seems to be willing to provide ...  
Somey   * I then carried this idea out, more as an experim...  
Peter Damian   * I then carried this idea out, more as an experi...  
Malleus   WP'ers like to claim that adminship isn't ...  
The Joy   It appears, Peter, that Chillum, Majorly, and frie...  
Tarc   It appears, Peter, that Chillum, Majorly, and fri...  
EricBarbour   Maybe its just me, but I can't look at that na...  
Milton Roe   [quote name='The Joy' post='180700' date='Sun 28t...  
Ahypori   But Ottava Rima is coming to your rescue! :o...  
A Horse With No Name   It appears, Peter, that Chillum, Majorly, and fri...  
Peter Damian   The incredible irony of this RfA discussion is tha...  
Somey   The incredible irony of this RfA discussion is th...  
EricBarbour   You could always point them to this (extremely emb...  
dtobias   You could always point them to this (extremely em...  
EricBarbour   While in this particular case it might have been ...  
dtobias   are you willing to let people die as a result of ...  
Apathetic   are you willing to let people die as a result of...  
Kelly Martin   Yes, and just how much shall we censor to prevent ...  
Apathetic   Yes, and just how much shall we censor to prevent...  
Kelly Martin   Oh, it's that easy then? Can you tell me on w...  
Kelly Martin   Wikipedia appears to have done the right thing her...  
EricBarbour   The point is, what is the policy? Who decides? Jim...  
anthony   The point is, what is the policy? Who decides? Ji...  
The Joy   The point is, what is the policy? Who decides? J...  
anthony   [quote name='anthony' post='180992' date='Mon 29t...  
Guido den Broeder   Thanks for the multiple insults, but you're lo...  
JohnA   Thanks for the multiple insults, but you're l...  
anthony   Has anyone found open source software that produc...  
EricBarbour   What features are lacking in Mediawiki? Lots. It w...  
Malleus   What features are lacking in Mediawiki? Lots. It ...  
anthony   [quote name='anthony' post='181052' date='Tue 30t...  
Guido den Broeder   [quote name='Guido den Broeder' post='181037' dat...  
JohnA   [quote name='JohnA' post='181045' date='Tue 30th ...  
Guido den Broeder   I definitely did have ME. I still have a problem w...  
JohnA   I definitely did have ME. I still have a problem ...  
Guido den Broeder   Oh I can read Dutch as well. I doubt it. I don...  
JohnA   Oh I can read Dutch as well. I doubt it. I don...  
Peter Damian   Looks like I've been indef blocked, anyway.  
thekohser   Looks like I've been indef blocked, anyway. ...  
Cedric   I hope that Peter Damian is intelligent enough to...  
Basil   Looks like I've been indef blocked, anyway. ...  
The Joy   Looks like I've been indef blocked, anyway. ...  
Somey   Geogre has unblocked you. Alas, his unblock has c...  
dtobias   [quote name='The Joy' post='181127' date='Tue 30t...  
A Horse With No Name   Geogre has unblocked you. Alas, his unblock has...  
dtobias   Publicly stating a list of ways of (allegedly) ...  
Somey   Publicly stating a list of ways of (allegedly) ...  
sbrown   Publicly stating a list of ways of (allegedly) ...  
Malleus   As Ive pointed out recently Greg has stated that h...  
RMHED   My preference though is to judge them by what th...  
Malleus   My preference though is to judge them by what th...  
RMHED   [quote name='RMHED' post='181154' date='Tue 30th ...  
Malleus   Jimmy isn't my best buddy at the moment, he fi...  
MZMcBride   As Ive pointed out recently Greg has stated that ...  
Malleus   [quote name='Malleus' post='181153' date='Tue 30t...  
MZMcBride   [quote name='Malleus' post='181153' date='Tue 30...  
Somey   You didn't answer the question. Personally, I...  
Peter Damian   However, I'd prefer to think that he was writ...  
Cock-up-over-conspiracy   As to his suggestion that most Wikipedians should ...  
JohnA   As to his suggestion that most Wikipedians should...  
dtobias   All of this hinges on what society (as opposed to...  
Peter Damian   And you seem to somehow find it odd, or perverse,...  
taiwopanfob   [quote name='Somey' post='181265' date='Wed 1st J...  
Somey   And you seem to somehow find it odd, or perverse, ...  
dtobias   Thats nonsense. As Ive pointed out recently Greg ...  
thekohser   Greg is kind of more cagey, indirect, and ambiguo...  
EricBarbour   I will say this -- I have an ambition to "utt...  
A Horse With No Name   Think what someone like Mel Brooks would do with ...  
Guido den Broeder   As we know from a recent movie, the mere announcem...  
EricBarbour   Man, I have to hand it to Peter. His Wiki-must-be-...  
Apathetic   I think Peter's action are having an effect...  
Cedric   Man, I have to hand it to Peter. His Wiki-must-be...  
RMHED   This has to go down as one of the most idiotic com...  
Malleus   This has to go down as one of the most idiotic co...  
Rhindle   [quote name='RMHED' post='181176' date='Tue 30th ...  
RMHED   .  
Guido den Broeder   Currently, with Mediawiki. It has enough features ...  
Gandoman   One thing that has been shown first with Kurt, the...  
A Horse With No Name   One thing that has been shown first with Kurt, th...  
MBisanz   Peter, I have an analogy and I was wondering if yo...  
Peter Damian   Peter, I have an analogy and I was wondering if y...  
Cock-up-over-conspiracy   Yes, but surely the problem is that what is really...  
GlassBeadGame   To the extent that PD's project to "Destr...  
anthony   To the extent that PD's project to "Dest...  
Jon Awbrey   In short — as I have remarked on numerous e...  
GlassBeadGame   In short — as I have remarked on numerous ...  
Cock-up-over-conspiracy   In short — as I have remarked on numerous e...  
LaraLove   I just read the AN/I thread on Peter's block i...  
Malleus   I just read the AN/I thread on Peter's block ...  
The Joy   I just read the AN/I thread on Peter's block ...  
Peter Damian   I need to buy you a drama tiara. I'd rather...  
LaraLove   I just read the AN/I thread on Peter's block...  
A Horse With No Name   Peter, I am glad to see you supporting the Arbiter...  
The Joy   Peter, I am glad to see you supporting the Arbite...  
Malleus   No wonder there are fewer people running for RFA...  
A Horse With No Name   I've only a half brain cell, sorry. Never m...  
Juliancolton   Peter, I am glad to see you supporting the Arbite...  
Malleus   I've only a half brain cell, sorry. Never mi...  
Peter Damian   Peter, you get a horsey kiss [...] Er, rather n...  
LaraLove   Peter, I am glad to see you supporting the Arbite...  
Malleus   The oppose that always kills me is the "badg...  
LaraLove   The oppose that always kills me is the "bad...  
Cock-up-over-conspiracy   Another problem will soon arise, that in order to ...  
MBisanz   The oppose that always kills me is the "bad...  
Peter Damian   But now look at this http://en.wikipedia.org/w/in...  
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